4. In the Mood for Love

By Richard CorlissFriday, Dec. 21, 2001

So many affairs are like the one endured here by Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung: furtive, guilty, leaving the ache of remorse. Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai keeps the camera close to his actors  so close you can feel their heat and pain. Everyone is gorgeous and grieving in this threnody to erotic loss.